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100	1		_aMerry, Robert W., _d1946-
245	1	2	_aA country of vast designs : _bJames K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent / _cRobert W. Merry.
246	3	0	_aJames K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent
250			_a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260			_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _cc2009.
300			_ax, 576 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill., map, ports. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 479-550) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Ritual of democracy: the emergence of an expansionist president -- Young Hickory: the making of a Jackson proteÌgeÌ -- Tennessee and Washington: the rise and fall of a presidential loyalist -- The 1844 election: searching for a means of political recovery -- Texas: dawn of a new era -- Polk vs. Clay: answering the question, "Who is James K. Polk?" -- The victor: preparing for the mantle of leadership -- Taking charge: America's zest for grand ambitions -- Annexation complete: diplomacy, intrigue, and the force of politics -- The United States and Oregon: "The people here are worn out by delay" -- The United States and Mexico: divergent new world cultures on a path to war -- Britain and Mexico: playing with prospects of a dual war -- The Twenty-ninth Congress: Polk takes command of the national agenda -- End of a treaty: diplomacy and politics at war with each other -- War: "Every consideration of duty and patriotism" -- Vagaries of war: "And may there be no recreant soul to fail or falter now" -- Presidential temperament: "I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government" -- Wilmot's proviso: transformation of the war debate -- The war in the West: patriotism, duty, adventure, and glory -- The new face of war: "We are yet to have a long and wearisome struggle" -- The politics of rancor: constitutional usurpation vs. moral treason -- Dilatory Congress: the challenge of presidential leadership -- Veracruz and beyond: grappling with Mexico's military defiance -- Scott and Trist: a clash of policy and temperament -- Mexico City: the pivot of personality -- The specter of conquest: "Have we conquered peace? Have we obtained a treaty?" -- Treaty: from Trist to Polk to the Senate -- Peace: California, New Mexico, and the Union -- Final months: "Solemnly impressed with the... emptiness of worldly honors" -- Epilogue: Legacy: the price of presidential accomplishment.
600	1	0	_aPolk, James K. _q(James Knox), _d1795-1849.
650		0	_aPresidents _zUnited States _vBiography.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1845-1849.
651		0	_aUnited States _xTerritorial expansion _xHistory _y19th century.
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2009024131-s.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2009024131-d.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2009024131-b.html
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